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An Education Intervention To Improve Health Literacy And Decision Making About Supporting Self-Care Among Older Australians: A Study Protocol For A Randomised Controlled Trial, C Smith, E Chang, G Gallego, L Balneaves
An Education Intervention To Improve Health Literacy And Decision Making About Supporting Self-Care Among Older Australians: A Study Protocol For A Randomised Controlled Trial, C Smith, E Chang, G Gallego, L Balneaves
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Background: Older Australians are high consumers of complementary and alternative medicines (CM). To help older people to take an active role in their health, we will develop and evaluate a novel educational intervention to support decision self-efficacy, and improve health literacy skills.
Methods: The primary hypothesis is that participants receiving a web/DVD plus booklet intervention compared with a booklet-only group will demonstrate an increase in decision self-efficacy. This study is a randomized controlled trial. One hundred and sixty-eight people aged 65 years and older will be recruited from community settings comprising retirement villages and community groups, based in Sydney, Australia. …